jvclsurvey3001.jsf

jvcl driver development envionment

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<JEDISURVEY Version="1.0">
 <SURVEY ID="3001" Title="JVCL Survey #3001" ReleaseDate="2003-03-12" ExpiryDate="2003-04-30" HREF="http://jvcl.sourceforge.net" Description="This is an initial survey to prepare for discussions regarding JVCL 3.0. Please complete and send back via mail to the JVCL team. Thanks for your participation and support!&#60;br&#62;"/>
 <RECIPIENT username="JVCL Survey Administrator" mailto="[e-mail]"/>
 <SURVEYTAKER username="" mailto="" id="{9FCA072D-A4CB-4A0D-8934-0CD2F412F816}"/>
 <ITEMS>
  <ITEM ID="1" Title="Your profile" Type="exclusive" Required="-1" Description="Please tell us what type of programmer you consider yourself to be.">
   <CHOICES>Newbie - don&#39;t know very much about Delphi or programming at all;Convert - Skilled in other languages but new to Delphi;Average - have used Delphi for a while but have written mostly &#39;simple&#39; stuff;Proficient - have medium/long experience with application development;Skilled - experienced in both application and component development;Professional - does this for a living and have so for several years;Guru - others depend on me to help them solve Delphi problems</CHOICES>
   <RESPONSES/>
  </ITEM>
  <ITEM ID="2" Title="Folder structure (1)" Type="exclusive" Required="-1" Description="Should the source folder be split into a &#60;b&#62;&#39;design&#39;&#60;/b&#62; folder and a &#60;b&#62;&#39;runtime&#39;&#60;/b&#62; folder?&#60;br&#62;(Splitting will make it easier to find and update units that belong to a specific package but might also introduce problems with paths etc)
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   <CHOICES>Yes;No</CHOICES>
   <RESPONSES/>
  </ITEM>
  <ITEM ID="3" Title="Folder structure (2)" Type="exclusive" Required="-1" Description="Should the package folder have one subfolder for each supported compiler version?&#60;br&#62;(If JVCL is split into several sub-packages, the package folder will contain a lot of packages)
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   <CHOICES>Yes;No</CHOICES>
   <RESPONSES/>
  </ITEM>
  <ITEM ID="4" Title="Package structure" Type="exclusive" Required="-1" Description="Please specify how many packages you would prefer JVCL to be split into. By splitting the JVCL, the user (you) can more easily choose what to install but at the same time it increases complexity.
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   <CHOICES>One package for each compiler version\n(As it is now);About 2-5 packages\n(Split into a few major groups: visual/non-visual/db/misc);About 5-10 packages\n(More fine-grained) ;No packages: I roll my own\n(Hard-core)</CHOICES>
   <RESPONSES/>
  </ITEM>
  <ITEM ID="5" Title="Palette tabs structure" Type="exclusive" Required="-1" Description="What type of palette layout do you prefer?
">
   <CHOICES>Fewer tabs - more components on each tab;More tabs - fewer components on each tab;No preferences - group as seems most &#39;logical&#39; to you</CHOICES>
   <RESPONSES/>
  </ITEM>
  <ITEM ID="6" Title="Component usability" Type="multiple" Required="-1" Description="Check all options that apply to your feeling about the usability of components in JVCL.
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